Rants and Ravings of a Misguided Dreamer and Observer
Salutations™!! The trail of videos continues with today being the 36th anniversary of Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark (or OMD to the cool kids). I have this on vinyl. It’s a great pop record. I enjoy listening to it. Not a style that you get a lot of great covers from, though. So, I got…
Salutations™!! Today is the 39th anniversary of Van Halen’s Fair Warning album. It had some really good moments. I think it’s better than either of its bookends. Women and Children First and Diver Down had some good moments, too, but neither were as good as this. Then again, this doesn’t touch 1984 to me, either. But, I’d say as far…
Salutations™!! Today is the 51st anniversary of Chicago’s debut album, which at the time was a self-titled release as they were known as Chicago Transit Authority. So, the title of this album is, you guessed it, Chicago Transit Authority. Here is a really great version of this tune from that album. Enjoy! Until tomorrow, same blog…
Salutations™!! Dale Cole and the Virtual Village did a great video for a cover of Canned Heat’s “Let’s Work Together” (which was a cover of Wilbert Harrison’s “Let’s Stick Together”) to bring solidarity and union to the community and service industry folks. A right good many of my friends are in this video, too. Support…
Salutations™!! Dear sweet baby [enter deity here], please let this be over soon. If for no other reason, I want to get back to Underdog Records, see Jonathan and buy vinyl goodness. Amen. You know my religion is “non-Prophet” so that was really just symbolic. However, the sentiment is exact and true. I want to…
Salutations™!! I have great friends in this town. I have great friends who help others. I have great friends who are great musicians. I have great friends who make differences. The beauty is when all that comes together. Dale Cole, Chad Nance, Tommy Priest, Gabriel Higgins, Steven Jones, April Rhodes-Tillery of ServPro Winston-Salem North along…
Salutations™!! There isn’t much that came out today that I am even remotely interested in talking about, so I’m picking something from tomorrow to play today. Tomorrow is the 40th anniversary of the first Black Sabbath album to feature Ronnie James Dio when he replaced Ozzy, Heaven and Hell. This is a pretty good cover of…
Salutations™!! Today is the anniversary of a few albums. The Rolling Stones’ Sticky Fingers (49th) and Black and Blue (44th), The Ramones’ self-titled debut (44th), Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! from Jethro Tull (44th), Bob Dylan at Budokan (41st), Men At Work’s Two Hearts (35th), Two Hearts, the Dave Mason album (33rd), Joe…
Salutations™!! Today is the 35th anniversary of Prince’s Around the World in a Day. It’s one of my faves from him. I don’t think it’s better than a lot, I just enjoy listening to it. Here’s a decent cover from it. Enjoy! Until tomorrow, same blog channel… Scorp out! — “The rain sounds so cool when…
Salutations™!! Today is the anniversaries of several albums: ABBA’s ABBA (45th), Pete Townshend’s Empty Glass (40th), Bananarama’s Bananarama (36th), Accept’s Russian Roulette (34th), Siouxsie And The Banshees’ Tinderbox (34th), Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough) (33rd), Beastie Boys’ Check Your Head (28th), and The Cure’ Wish (28th). This is the tune I had to go with,…